Shakespeare’s Unmuted Women

Gül Kurtuluş (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

170 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
9781032612195 (ISBN)

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Shakespeare’s Unmuted Women explores women’s speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting women’s discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works. The book discusses the use of rhetoric in speeches by women as a cementing material that supports the casing of the incidents. Women holding forth on the issues related to the common concerns emerged in the plays perform a distinguishing role in strengthening the bond between decisions taken and executed by each character and make their major important contribution to the overall impact of the play. Comprising six chapters, the volume analyses Cordelia’s and Desdemona’s speeches in King Lear and Othello; Cleopatra’s and Tamora’s speeches in Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus; Beatrice’s and Rosalind’s speeches in Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It; and Katherine’s and Lady Anne’s speeches in Henry V and Richard III, respectively. The text discusses women’s rich and profound discourse in these works to accentuate the meaningful input in verbal communication. In Shakespeare’s selected plays, women’s insightfulness and perspicuity are closely considered to emphasize how women make efficient use of rhetoric, aptly used by Queen Elizabeth I during Shakespeare’s time. Queen Elizabeth’s outstanding public speeches inspired those who listened to her and Shakespeare’s women are partial embodiments of her.

Gül Kurtuluş received her Ph.D. from Bilkent University where she taught drama courses from 1991 to 2023. She is the author of two books published in 2020 and 2022 respectively: Stereoscopic London: Plays of Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw and Arthur Wing Pinero in 1890s and Convention and Contravention in Ben Jonson's Three Comedies: Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair.

Chapter 1 Queen Elizabeth, Unmuted Empress of Her Time

Chapter 2 Cordelia and Desdemona, Vocal Supporters of Justice in King Lear and Othello

Chapter 3 Verbal Forays of Tamora and Cleopatra in Titus Andronicus and Antony and Cleopatra

Chapter 4 Droll Love Tutorials of Beatrice and Rosalind in Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It

Chapter 5 Katherine and Lady Anne’s Eloquence and Shielding Rhetoric in Henry V and Richard III

Chapter 6 Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781032612195 / 9781032612195
Zustand	Neuware